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Rural America has been hemorrhaging population for decades, of course, with small towns trying--and failing--to reverse the outflow by wooing a big manufacturer with tax incentives. "That was the whole game--elephant hunting," says Anita Hoffhines, who heads economic development in Ellsworth. The new approach, known as "economic...
Most notoriously, Giuliani blasted the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1999 for exhibiting a painting entitled “The Holy Virgin Mary” that used elephant dung and pornographic images as compositional elements. Of course, almost everyone agrees that if the museum were a private entity it would...
Some American experts believe that the offense-defense trade-off would be a good deal: if the U.S. were less threatened by Soviet offenses, it would have less need for a massive network of orbiting battle stations to shield it from an attack. Many scientists question whether SDI will work...
WHO’S THAT ELEPHANT?
Recently Lithgow worked with New York City Ballet choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to animate his award-winning children’s book “Carnival for Animals.” Stomping out his mark in the world of classical dance, Lithgow made a center-stage cameo as an elephant in...